Gustave Eugène Castan
Gustave Eugène Castan (born December 23, 1823 in Geneva , † July 27, 1892 in Crozant ) was a Swiss landscape painter , engraver and lithographer .
Live and act
Castan studied in Alexandre Calame's studio from 1843 to 1848 , accompanied him to Italy in 1844 and to the Bernese Oberland the following year .
During his studies he made friends with the French painter Eugène Castelnau and followed him to Paris in 1849 . In 1850 he visited France again and met the painter Auguste Ravier there. In 1852 he met Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot , who had a decisive influence on him.
In 1856 he was mobilized because of the Neuchâtel trade and painted current scenes. In 1857, accompanied by Corot, he attended the Paris Salon , after which he traveled to Brittany and Normandy . He divided his time between Switzerland and France. In the province of Berry he visited George Sand . He discovered the landscapes on the Creuse . He co-founded the Crozant School of Painting.
In 1865 Castan was one of the founders of the Swiss Society of Painters and Sculptors and was elected chairman in 1871.
Children picking flowers in an alpine landscape
Pain de Sucre seen from the St. Bernhard Pass
Three children on a dirt road
October evening
literature
- Alfred Schreiber-Favre: Gustave Castan, peintre paysagiste, 1823-1892. Librairie Marguerat, Lausanne 1955.
Web links
- Valentina Anker: Gustave Eugène Castan. In: Sikart (French)
- William Hauptman: Castan, Gustave. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castan, Gustave Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castan, Elisée Jules Gustave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss landscape painter, engraver and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1892 |
| Place of death | Crozant |